G5 drive will read and burn DVD's, won't read or burn CD's

I have a two year old G5 mac that suddenly won't read or burn CD's but the DVD burner/read is working fine. It just spits out CD's. The drive is a Sony DVD RW-DW U12A; revision AADB.
I just got ilife 08 (worked fine on DVD) but have a CD of iwork 08 that I can't use! Help!!

Based on past user reports/problems with the Sony drive, when problems such as yours occur, it's time for a new drive. DVD and CD are separate lens', so one can fail while the other continues to function. The Sony drive has been prone to problems, and early failures (based on posts in these forums, and others).
You may attempt cleaning, as it is possible that the CD lens is blocked by dust, or dirty. But, when commercial discs/install discs can't be read, it doesn't bode well for the drive.
Comparing the cost of a quality cleaning kit, and the cost of a new 18x Pioneer DVR-112 ($30), you may just opt for the Pioneer.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129007
Review of DVR-112:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Pioneer-DVR-112-DVD-Burner-Review
If you opt for the Pioneer, the drive has native support in Tiger, though it needs Patchburn for iApp's support (all drives, other than Apple OEM, require such):
http://www.patchburn.de/

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